German Space Command: Here’s how we decide whether a capability is suitable for EU or NATO or must remain national

by Peter B. de Selding

LA PLATA, Maryland — The head of the German Space Command, whose resources will see an order-of-magnitude increase in the coming five years, outlined how Germany decides between investing in German sovereign space capacity, the European Union (EU) space program and NATO.

It’s a question much on the minds of German industry and government officials at the EU and among Germany’s European partners, none of which is able to marshal the budget that the German Defense Minister announced in September — 35 billion . . .

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